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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

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  1. DanCom

    Mokume Gane Copper & Brass

    I use mokume-gane for knife bolsters. Small amounts of specialty metals (copper, brass, bronze, stainless, aluminum) are available at most hobby stores. If you're going to be buying anything larger, I'd suggest looking elsewhere as it will certainly be cheaper. :-) Dan
  2. DanCom

    Mokume Gane Copper & Brass

    Hi Janger, Sorry I was a little frustrated getting the red-warning when trying to post or edit the post. I don't normally work in the wee hours of Monday, but it's a long weekend. Yes. I made the forge and Venturi burners for it. It's a re-purposed 5 gallon air compressor tank lined with...
  3. DanCom

    Really?

    Really? I post a complete how to and the system thinks I am spammer? Too bad, I really wanted to give something to the group. If you cannot get your Xenforo right. We'll see you later. Dan
  4. DanCom

    Mokume Gane Copper & Brass

    Ah yes... part II. Billet is cooling on the floor. Beer time. Steinlager? WTF. Oh yes, New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup. I did a quick dunk in the quench tank thinking that it may be easier to take the nuts off. WRONG! Plan on cutting these off with a hacksaw. So far all this hard work...
  5. DanCom

    Mokume Gane Copper & Brass

    Ok, so I've never done this before, but certainly did lots of reading and asked some questions on this forum (Thanks Tim). Here's my evening of making mokume gane with copper and brass sheet. I started with one sheet of copper and one sheet of brass. Nice and clean. This was overpriced at the...
  6. DanCom

    Knifemaker from Leduc County

    Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I too have been to the metal art show at the Reynolds Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin. A friend of mine (fellow knifemaker) is the manager there. My latest project is an air/hydraulic 20t press for forge welding. I hope to be able to send you some picks this...
  7. DanCom

    Knifemaker from Leduc County

    Hey all, I am a 40-something knifemaker from Leduc County Alberta. I have made all of my tools: a 2x72" 2hp, variable speed belt grinder, 12" disc sander, an electric heat treatment oven, gas forge etc. Most of the plans are at my blog. I am learning more about casting and mokume gane now and...
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